Humanitarian Emergency Affairs Intern

Key Responsibilities:

MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES

Preparedness and Information Management 

• Contribute to the definition of information requirements and the development of data flows, data quality assurance & quality control, and   information management standard operating procedures and guidelines
• Support with the design, development and testing of data collection tools using platforms like ArcGIS, Power BI, ODK, Kobo, etc., for use in disaster management, community risk assessments, impact-based early warning monitoring, and preparedness tracking.
• Consolidate humanitarian response data from 9 field offices and coordinate the development and dissemination of information products such as situation reports, maps, sector infographics, and dashboards.
• Support the collection, cleaning, and analysis of primary and secondary humanitarian and preparedness data from field offices for evidence-informed regional planning, anticipatory action triggers, and community-level risk reduction strategies.
• Support the documentation of all HEA products including lessons learned, best practices, Real Time Learning etc., and maintain internal data management systems (e.g., Box, Teams, SharePoint).
• Maintain an updated humanitarian response register and action points running sheet. improve data quality in the region/countries through field support, monitoring and feedback.
• Work closely with humanitarian advisors and Anticipatory Action Coordinator to ensure the data is fit for the purpose.

Administrative Support

• Support in preparation of key events organized by HEA e.g trainings etc
• Support in capturing notes and minutes for meetings and any other as assigned.

Interdepartmental Support

• Actively participate and support resource mobilisation efforts for humanitarian and disaster risk reduction interventions.
• Working with HEA, Advocacy and Communications department in amplifying the voices of children and evidence-based impact through identifying potential stories and content that can be multi-purposed.
• Support and coordinate with the Regional Office and FOs in development of regional blogs and opinion pieces that can be published externally (View, wvi.org) internally (Ignite).
• Work closely with RAM as per request to provide any necessary support

External Engagements:

• Participate in critical meetings with key stakeholders when delegated to ensure WV is well represented.
• Consolidate write-ups of external meetings for internal sharing.

Other Duties

• Perform any other related duties as required.
• Attend and participate in devotional meetings

KNOWLEDGE AND QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE ROLE

Required Professional Experience

• Graduates with an interest in Disaster Management and passionate about data analytics, having graduated within two years of application.

Required Education, training, license, registration, and certification

• Degree in any of the following: Data Analytics/Data Science/ Statistics/ Information Management/ Statistics or a related field.

Preferred Knowledge and Qualifications

• High interest and good understanding of humanitarian industry; Sphere Standards; Core Humanitarian Standards.